8:10 p.m. update: Diamondbacks reliever David Hernandez retired Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder and Rickie Weeks in order in the eighth, so it’s 2-1 Brewers headed to the ninth.

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Francisco Rodriguez loaded the bases in the top of the eighth before getting Ryan Roberts to groundout to end the inning. The Brewers will take at least a 2-1 lead into the top of the ninth in Game 5 of the NLDS against the Diamondbacks.

While K-Rod was shaky right from the start — he walked Aaron Hill to start the inning — Brewers manager Ron Roenicke never moved to warm up closer John Axford or anyone else in the Milwaukee pen. Rodriguez gave up a single to Miguel Montero with one out and walked Chris Young to load the bases with two outs, but he appeared in control while dealing to Roberts. Roberts guessed fastball on the first pitch and got the slider. He was then late on a fastball on the second pitch, and pitch No. 3 was a routine grounder for an easy out.

The Brewers will turn to Axford in the ninth. Due up are Gerardo Parra, Sean Burroughs and Willie Bloomquist. Parra is hitless today and 0-for-17 in the series.

Nyjer Morgan & Prince Fielder just had the chance to be polite & cordial towards the moment & thank the Diamondbacks for a hard fought series & they could have written their own checks for national endorsement deals. Instead they both play the ghetto fool. What a couple of clowns. They would make Serena Williams proud though. Their agents must have just died a little watching all that money slip out those idiots mouths. They pulled a Will Clark. That guy was a dumb ass racist red neck who couldn’t stop saying fuck just like Nyjer. That cost him millions too, ala Barry Bonds.

Get off your high horse. They just advanced to the NLCS. I’m sure they were pretty damn excited after the roller coaster ride they just had to go through to clinch the series. Should they have said it, no, but I’m sure if you were in their shoes, in the heat of the moment, you probably would super ecstatic and probably not care too much about a television broadcast.